Natural Disasters14
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Looking for the Origin of Slow Earthquakes in the Guerrero Gap
We are underway on our 48-day long expedition offshore of the west coast of Mexico near Acapulco, where the young Cocos oceanic plate dives beneath the North American plate.
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Start of the Mini-Field School
We were joined in our electromagnetic investigation of the subsurface and earthquake hazard by a group of US and Bangladeshi students and professors for a mini-Field School.
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Tea Gardens to the Rescue
We switched to deploying our equipment for imaging faults and the structure beneath the surface to tea gardens to get away from power lines and buried the cables to protect them from gnawing foxes.
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Dealing With Rain and Rats
As we continued our geophysical measurements, we had to deal with heavy rains, flooding fields, and rats and foxes biting our cables. Many cables were broken soon after sunset, ruining the measurements.
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Fieldwork in Bangladesh During the End of Ramadan and Eid Festival
We have come to in Bangladesh in the pre-monsoon heat to better image the active faults beneath the surface using electromagnetic instruments. We are using the fallow fields from the just-harvested rice crop for our sites.
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What Can We Do About Extreme Weather?
Perhaps climate change policy will be a response to our growing experience with extreme weather events.
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In Madagascar, a Hurricane Simulation Transforms Into Real-life Disaster Response
Instead of leading a fictional disaster simulation as planned, Columbia researchers helped government agencies prepare for and respond to Tropical Cyclone Batsirai in real time.
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How Agencies and Communities Facing Wildfire Can Collaborate to Cut Risk Now
A talk with two leaders of the Biden administration’s effort to fight fire before things burn.
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U.N. Pushes to Cut Worldwide Vulnerability to Climate Extremes Through Better Early Warnings
All the satellite tracking of great storms, heat and other climate hazards doesn’t have value if those most in harm’s way aren’t reached in ways that boost resilience.
By studying thousands of buildings and analyzing their electricity use, Columbia Climate School Dean Alexis Abramson has been able to uncover ways to significantly cut energy consumption and emissions. Watch the Video: “Engineering a Cooler Future Through Smarter Buildings“
